It is still so deeply odd to watch these guys go on TV and speak only to an audience of one - the President. Hegseth says he is speaking to the American people, but he so clearly isn’t. This is all about flattering the boss.
He just flatly refuses to accept or admit that Russia would do anything to harm him.
News: U.S. investigators believe Chinese hackers are behind a cyber intrusion on an internal FBI computer network that holds information related to some domestic surveillance orders, in what would be the latest Chinese compromise of wiretap systems www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
Oh for goodness’ sake. Trump trashed the strategic partnership over this, and Kashmir. Also “allows” - in what sense? www.bbc.com/news/article...
A “mission accomplished” moment. And so early.
To the surprise of some officials in Kyiv, no one from the U.S. bothered to ask Ukraine to share its expertise in how to defend against drones before starting the offensive in Iran, Simon Shuster and Nancy A. Youssef report. theatln.tc/AFPCstm6
UK MP's husband arrested for allegedly spying for China. David Taylor also runs Asia House's policy and research unit. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Ugh.
Look forward to listening to this!
The 2026 edition of the Hoover Annual Survey of India is out, including an essay that I contributed on a messy and difficult year in foreign policy. www.hoover.org/research/hoo...
🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work.
This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public.
Please spread the word.
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Not surprising, but I am glad that the pollsters are asking the right questions, so we can all see what is going on.
Makes sense for the Kurds to take the weapons, but surely they’re going to think twice about leading an uprising given how many times they’ve been used and abandoned (to Saddam, Turkey, ISIS) by the US.
Good grief.
Portrait of a brain absolutely stewed in disinformation
From the French equivalent of The Onion
Seeking revenge, Dubai parachutes 3000 influencers on Tehran.
The 2026 edition of the Hoover Annual Survey of India is out, including an essay that I contributed on a messy and difficult year in foreign policy. www.hoover.org/research/hoo...
Not ideal.
Bibi channelling his inner Mr Burns.
I think I'm going to start signing emails with "Be Relentlessly Lethal".
An engaging profile of Balen Shah, Kathmandu's mayor, and future prime minister? www.aljazeera.com/features/202...
Damning NYT story on the decision-making leading up to this war: "The president said he understood the risks of an attack, but he conveyed to Mr. Carlson that he had no choice but to join a strike that Israel would launch." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/u...
In other words, they are making it up as they go along, and they didn't have a plan beyond assassinating the top leadership and hoping that the second tier capitulated.
Depart how, given the lack of flights?
Yes. The perfect vignette for this particular moment in our history.
Hmm
The internet? Broken? Perish the thought.
PS. No one died on QF32 but for some reason, this comes up very regularly.
He has a point. Several, actually.
I love how they say "A recent AICD-Mandala report showed federal regulation imposes a $160 billion cost annually."
They also showed that large Australian businesses are now in "retreat from R&D investment" (p7) and that R&D by Australian businesses is only half the rate in peer countries (p.8).
Good job, guys. That forty-year old museum piece was a definite threat.
